Greg Hibbard

How on earth is Anderson a ? He has an 8 career WAR in 1850 PAs. That translates to almost 3 per complete season. He's above starter level, slightly below all star level, having an all star year. Not a question mark.

Robert's already hitting at an almost 1.000 OPS in AA. I'd be very surprised if he isn't up by April 20th next year.

last 28 days - 32% k rate, but .855 OPS. He's still at less than 29% for the year, but it's been climbing since April. Weirdly, with his seasonal stats, I wonder if Alex Rios may end up being a good comp for Moncada...

Yes.

I don’t know, guys. Taking obviously stopgap moves like Alonso and Jay and Herrera and Nova and Santana and even McCann and stating those are some sort or referendum on free agent signings or a waste of millions that could have gone to Machado is incredibly myopic IMO. It’s not like Alonso and Jay were taking money the Sox somehow would have otherwise had for Machado. Don’t fall for the company line. The Sox flat out had money for everyone they want, and made a choice not to go as high as they needed to for Machado. I hated it at the time but honestly - I’ve been impressed enough with what I’ve seen from NON stopgap pieces to wonder if passing on Machado ends up being better anyway. More importantly, whether Alonso and Nova and the others performed at a decent level or performed badly, the Sox still don’t win this division, they still move on to other pieces in 2020 and 2021, and they still don’t matter. Would it be better if they were better? Sure. Is it somehow extremely damning they aren’t? Nah. I think some people are resorting to utter histrionics when it comes to these things, but in the long run, the money and their performance is absolutely inconsequential to the long term success of the Sox. the most important things RH should be judged on are the performance of the young talent he has acquired during his tenure either by draft or trade (Giolito, Lopez, Cease, Kopech, Anderson, Moncada, Robert, Madrigal, Collins, Vaughn, etc) and the big name free agents he will sign in years that actually matter.

At least somebody challenged him

I can't wait for Ron to enter to thread just to tell us that Abreu doubled and homered in consecutive games he knew the Sox would lose

For reference, Leury's ISO is .076, Yolmer's is .060, Tilson's is .065, so obviously a low ISO can still translate into a +WAR player.

Yes, but his ISO over his last 200 PAs is .105, way up from basically nothing. He is obviously still making the adjustment.

In light of the draft, it's tough not to reflect on a year later and where we are at with this kid. I tried to find the old thread, but it was too far back for me to find. I keep looking at his numbers on a weekly basis and see him with seemingly above average (but not stellar) offensive numbers at high A ball, really great strikeout % and light power. I keep wondering when he would be ready for AA, AAA and beyond. He seems like he is slower in developing than the Sox thought. So far it seems as though the power isn't there yet. I know he has had to adjust to a wooden bat.

What’s the downside on him being a “shorter” first baseman - I read something along the lines that shorter 1b going as high draft picks don’t have a huge success rate

If it’s true that he will be up with the Sox in 2 years, they’re definitely done with Abreu. Especially if Collins is also close.

Yeah, he is only 139 PAs into his ML career. I get that people would have wanted him to be great off the blocks, but 140 PAs is nothing.

This is who it's gonna be tonight.

Last four full years: .272/.337/.351/.698 no thank you

If you split up his career into his first five years and his last five years, the last five years aren't all that much different from what we would get from Tilson/Cordell. Let the kids play. This dude is basically done.

Eloy made a great play in left on Friday.

Ron, his Quality of Contact stats are currently better than they were his rookie year. 2013: soft 17.0% medium 46.6% hard 36.4% 2019: soft: 15.9% medium 46.5% hard 37.6% and yes, we all know his K rate is up. Save it. If Abreu gives us the 70 Xbh and .800 OPS he’s on track for, I sincerely doubt anyone could deter you from wild guessing and incorrectly projecting negative scenario to fit your agenda? Here is just something for you to consider: perhaps given the myriad mistakes you have made in estimating his future value over the past three plus years, perhaps your brain is just dead wrong about José Abreu.

Also re: Abreu- his 2019 BABIP is .268, 60+ points below his career average. at least PRETEND you’ve done some research, ron

Abreu “sucking”=.478 slg? Um, ok.

I’ll be there. Ballpark pass pretty much means sit anywhere, honestly. I’ve gone 12 times and I move around every game. I typically end up near the Sox dugout. Tomorrow I may sit in the upper deck as a big group I’m meeting is up there. No one is checking or asking anymore. If you want to sit close and it’s low attendance, just look for the vestibules where security isn’t, head in and act like you belong in the section.

Man, tonight at the ballpark was just great.

Heading down to sit in the bleachers tonight in my home white buehrle and red white and blue “batter guy” hat. Excited.

The first 350 PAs of his career are pretty bad offensively, but over the last 800 PAs he’s been a .280/.320/.395/.715 player

Here’s a weird one. Yolmer batting .302 over like the last 15 games